DOUBLE TAKE.

Foulke feels empty-handed after Series

April 29, 2006|By Hartford Courant.

The shoes Red Sox pitcher Keith Foulke wore in the 2004 World Series are on display at the Hall of Fame. He would like to have them back. Still, what he would really like to have is the ball that he threw to first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz for the final out. Foulke said he still believes he deserves to have the ball: "It's not on my mantel where it should be. . . . It's one of those deals where I got the last out. I think that's kind of the common practice [to give the ball to the pitcher on the mound]." Now that the dispute between Mientkiewicz and Boston is over and the ball is in Cooperstown, Foulke knows he has no chance. "Speaking of the Hall of Fame, do you know where my shoes are?" Foulke asked. "I'm still looking to get back our stuff that went in after last year. . . . They said they're only keeping it for a year. I would imagine the White Sox got their display in there now. I want my stuff back."